Woman seriously injured after being struck in face by firework

Not at all surprised.

Eyre Sq, and the top of shop street are an unabated free for all nightly.

Only a few days before that people damaged the crane that was sitting there and not a sight of a guard while the crowd gathered around filming it.

I look at the Snapchat feed daily and people are climbing on top of the tourist office and just doing whatever they feel like.

In none of the videos is there ever a sight of the guards.

I'm not one for criticising them in general, but preventative policing is just not a policy in Ireland.

In places like Amsterdam, the cops sit around the busy places until the early hours, in Galway they cant even maintain a presence in the main square despite the anti social behaviour going on for months.

Similar stories from Dublin with regards fights etc so it's a national problem.

Others may also have seen the fight outside Coilis during the week with the homeless which resulted in a KO... all within sight of the station yet the whole thing played out without any intervention.

I emailed a Councillor about Eyre Sq a few months back and told him someone would get seriously hurt up there(fights were popping up on Snapchat as well which were going on as long as they felt like fighting) and sadly its came to pass.

Makes me so angry, I fail to see how the Guards couldn't maintain a presence and start clearing the crowds before they build and seizing drink(most wouldn't hang around without it) it may be too hard to stop once it sets in but 300 doesnt get to that number without a manageable number to start.

I see Garda Curley was saying in the Tribune today he'd need 5 more guards to manage it.... sorry Curley but if ye cant maintain order in the main part of a small town the Gardai arent fit for purpose.

There's a world of difference in resource requirements when comparing a checkpoint (1-2 Garda is typically sufficient) versus a location with several hundred scuttered morons feeling invincible through inebriation.

If you want a Garda presence at the second than its either very substantial or nothing at all as too little would result in the Garda being targeted.

It's no different than in a nightclub. 1-2 on the door, but a lot more inside and if trouble kicks off there has to be enough to swarm and outnumber the troublemakers.

Slight tangent, but I saw a video today of some lad swinging a knife in the city some night this week.

Things are definitely starting to get out of hand. Attention needs to be brought to these issues immediately.

Not making any excuses, but I think the way pubs are running during the pandemic is playing a part.

Pre-pandemic the bouncers would stop trouble makers from getting into pubs/clubs, and they'd generally leave town. Now, they all just congregate in Eyre Square. Shops and Off licenses aren't getting into trouble if they serve drunk people

Im not going to excuse that ****er in any way but you can tell from that video he didnt flat out aim it at the bus stop. It hits off the ground and richochets over.

Despite that he's still fully culpable, the same way someone driving dangerously who kills someone is too.

Just an observation as you might have thought it was aimed directly at the bus stop.

As an aside, amazingly theres no more videos of Eyre Sq on Snapchat, it's almost like some sort of enforcement has magically taken place since.

The best case scenario for that girl is that hes a "normal" person and turns up with compensation if hes caught, as the sentence he'll get otherwise won't amount to much.

Definitely was, you can see her kind of fall back as the video ends.